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The United Nations warned on Monday that drug control measures were “unraveling” in Myanmar with opium farming in the country expanding for the third consecutive year.
Read a full text of the president's Nobel Lecture below the fold. See the president's speech here and read the full report from Oslo, updated at the conclusion at 8:20 am EST:
US President Barack Obama will dwell on the sombre paradox of waging war in Afghanistan even as he is lauded as a man of peace on Thursday when he accepts his surprise Nobel prize in Norway.
Fighting corruption is an economic necessity. It is also a moral imperative that needs to become a top legal priority around the world. There is no country on earth that is immune from this plague.
President Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize in Olso, Norway.
Seoul- North Korea indicated Friday it was ready to resume mothballed international talks to end its nuclear weapons programme, following a meeting with a US special envoy. Quoting an unidentified Foreign Ministry spokesman, the state-run Korean Cent...
Sydney - Australian geologist Ian Plimer, the poster boy of climate change scepticism, is in Copenhagen this week signing copies of his bestseller Heaven and Earth. The 63-year-old maverick is there to speak out against what he calls the global coll...
President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."
A ban on giant snakes is making its way through Congress.
Did you know that different states in India have different days that they celebrate the New Year on? How about that umoja means "unity" in Swahili? Do you know why Muslims celebrate Eid? You would, if you came to the 9th-annual "Holidays Around The World" sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, held Thursday night in the Elliot University Center Auditorium.
OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Nobel Peace Prize has had "extraordinary power" to lift up those who would otherwise be forgotten.
President Obama Accepted The Nobel Peace Prize With A Speech On The Need For War. 'We Can Understand That There Will Be War, And Still Strive For Peace,' He Said.
Daniel Maree and Amanda Hsiao from the Enough Project contributed to this post. In his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway today, President Obama...
President Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
President Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
Helicopters buzzed through central Oslo's grey skies Wednesday as the city beefed up security on the eve of US President Barack Obama's visit to accept his controversial Nobel Peace Prize.
